Guided by Voices @ Irving Plaza March 6, 2022It’s fair to say that Robert Pollard is not a young man. In fact, the kids would say...
Robert Pollard: Honey Locust Honky Tonk January 3, 2014Fuck yeah, Bob. Where ya been, man? It’s as if he’s been taking the best tracks from each...
Tobin Sprout: Let’s Welcome the Circus People March 3, 2008Look I’m Pink Floyd or something. For his third solo album, Sprout returns to the whole kiddie-themed thing...
Tobin Sprout: Moonflower Plastic January 3, 2008Sprout’s sophomore effort starts in outer space somewhere, with a hum that made me think my headphones had...
Tobin Sprout: Carnival Boy January 3, 2008There’s no mistaking this for anything else but a Guided by Voices solo project. Granted Tobin Sprout just...
Robert Pollard: Not In My Airforce August 1, 2007It’s always difficult detangling Robert Pollard from GBV. I mean they are one and the same. So what...
Robert Pollard: Kid Marine July 1, 2007This album starts off with “Submarine Teams,” which features some sort of weird thing going on throughout the...
Robert Pollard: Waved Out January 21, 2007Another album of Pollard doing his thing. This, his sophomore solo effort, is a little less hissy than...
Robert Pollard: Normal Happiness October 11, 2006Wow, it’s the new “peppy” Robert Pollard. Sunshiny and ready to rock ‘n roll. Of course he’s just...
Robert Pollard: From a Compound Eye January 25, 2006I really did give up trying to track Pollard’s solo stuff after Choreographed Man of War. That album...
Guided by Voices: Half Smiles of the Decomposed August 24, 2005I like it! It’s been a while since I’ve actually tapped my toe and/or bobbed the old head...
Robert Pollard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department May 6, 2005Whoa, did Pollard actually use a professional studio for this one? There has been a general trend towards...
Guided by Voices: Earthquake Glue August 20, 2003This is oddly a bit of a return to form of sorts. Again, Pollard dials it back (to...
Guided by Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles June 19, 2003GBV has subtly moved back into a lo-fi groove. Granted, it’s not all tape hiss and broken songs,...
Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse May 22, 2003I must admit that I heard “Teenage FBI” on the radio about a week before this album came...
Guided by Voices: Isolation Drills April 4, 2003That’s a little more like it. After the debacle that was Do the Collapse, Isolation Drills gets back to...
Guided by Voices: Mag Earwhig! February 13, 2003For some reason the first song on this album reminds me of that terrible King Missile song, “Detachable...
Guided by Voices: Under the Bushes Under the Stars December 23, 2002Whoa there. Who is this? Apparently this is Kim Deal of the Pixies’ idea of what GBV should...
